Agents Can Seize Penis Rings At Borders
“Penis enlargers and constricting rings to maintain erections can be seized at U.S. borders, U.S. regulators said Thursday, citing inadequate safety labels. The devices have inadequate directions for use and can have harmful effects, from rupturing blood vessels to causing gangrene of the penis, the Food and Drug Administration said in guidance to import inspectors posted on the agency’s Web site. The guidance was a revision to guidelines on ‘external penile rigidity devices’ the FDA published in 2004. ‘Basically, the labeling of these devices falsely states or implies they will treat impotence, prolong erection, and increase the dimensions of the penis,’ the FDA said in the new notice. The FDA said such devices fall into several categories: Mechanical stretching devices, which ‘employ weights or lines tied to other parts of the body such as the knee, to affect tension on the penis. Vacuum operating devices, ‘those employing a sealing principle in the area of the base of the penis and an evacuation mechanism to drop the atmospheric pressure around the penis, thereby affecting increased blood flow.’ Constrictive rings, which ‘constrict the base of the penis after erection has been achieved and cause the erection to be maintained by blocking the normal circulation of blood from the penis.’ Supportive devices, which ‘function as a splint or cradle in order to maintain a resumblance of turgidity.’” — Star Telegram (US)
(Thanks to Furpo for the link. The actual report can be found at the FDA’s web site.)
In a way, this is a perplexing turn of events. On one hand, you don’t want the government to interfere in the bedroom. If guys want to stretch their cocks, by all means let them stretch their cocks. On the other hand, penis enlargers are obviously a big business, as the amount of spam related to penis enlargement demonstrates. Probably it’s also a crooked business with many fraudulent products. In that sense, the FDA would be doing men a favor by requiring the devices to meet certain minimum requirements for safety and efficacy — and by impounding devices that do not meet those minimums.
Are penis enlargers and cock rings really causing rampant injury out there in the wilds? PervScan spent some time querying PubMed, the search engine for medical articles, to try to learn whether doctors are really encountering injuries as a result of these devices. A few results:
- Penile entrapment injury: a case report. The article describes “a novel method of liberating the penis from a nonexpandable metal ring through a combination of multiple puncture wounds and manual compression.” Translation: they poke holes in the penis and squeeze it. Ouch!
- Urethrocutaneous fistula due to a retained ring of condom. The article describes “the case of a 30-year-old man who developed a urethrocutaneous fistula and penile shaft necrosis after a condom broke during intercourse. Neither the patient nor several physicians could identify the retained ring of condom, which had been buried under newly epithelialized skin.” Um, a condom broke, the guy never removed it, and the skin of his penis grew over it? What the…?
- Treatment of penile strangulation caused by constricting devices. The article describes “five different cases of strangulating objects (wedding ring, metal plumbing cuff, bull ring, hammer- head, and plastic bottle neck).” Moral of that story: don’t try any of these at home.
- Lymphedema due to chronic penile strangulation: a case report. The key word is chronic. The article describes a 62-year-old man “admitted with swelling of the penis caused by long term use of a penis enlarging ring. For the previous 20 years, he had noticed small pruritic nodules on his penis.” Here’s a rule of thumb: if you notice nodules on your penis for more than a decade, do see a doctor.
As it turns out, there are a number of other case histories describing penis rings and enhancement efforts gone wrong, horribly wrong. Of course, it is unclear whether these injuries result from faulty devices or the faulty brains of the people who use them. Perhaps this is what happens when you think with your dick — and then use a cock ring to cut off the flow of blood to your brain?
This made me lol.
Plumbing new depths of horror with this story, aren’t we?
Scary to think that some Americans really do need to be protected from defective use of these devices, isn’t it?
Hey guys, rings are the only male sex toy that makes sense to me. They enhance sensation, enlarge and can stimulate the clitoral area during intercourse. BUT, if you want to try one, go to your local Ace Hardware and take a look at their O ring selection, Pick out several sizes, at 40 or 50 cents apiece you can splurge. Go home, try them out, if you have trouble removing them, use a knife or scissors to cut through the rubber. After some experience, if you like them figure out what the biggest one that works is, go to your local craft store and buy a chrome macrame ring of the same size if you want. This avoids government interference, embarrassment and expensive trips to the local porn emporium.
Important tips though: 1) don’t use metal until you know what you’re doing. It’s embarrassing as hell to have the hospital remove a ring with a torch cutter. Rubber rings can be cut off at home with scissors or a razor knife if you accidentally get them too tight. 2) Don’t leave them on all the time. And 3) For God’s sake, don’t forget you’re wearing one and let it go for 10 years!
if i was a guy after reading those case stories i’d be holding my crotch with legs crossed cringing, but since i’m female i count my lucky stars i was born with a vagina and more sense than to use something artificial like that and then leave it there, yes i like toys but i don’t go around for years on end with them up there, i would think even a dumb arse would know that if you leave plastic or rubber constriction devices on their junk for more than a couple of hours that eventually their prized male body parts would begin to rot off.
A wedding ring? Really? either someone had big hands, or a really small dick.
I feel sorry for the dudes stupid enough to let any of these things happen to them. I am a guy and I do have more sense than any of these people in the article. That last sentance in the article “Perhaps this is what happens when you think with your dick-and then use the cock ring to cut off the flow of blood to your brain?” was classic!
i love the medical examples you pulled up supervert !!! :)
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